Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince - All Starter Monsters List and Guide

All Starter Monsters List and Guide for Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (DQ Monsters: The Dark Prince)

All Starter Monsters Overview

Fright Bulb

Fright Bulb is primarily a support-focused monster with access to useful healing spells and defensive buffs. He also enjoys some utility in the form of abilities that can inflict stun and sleep on targets.

Fright Bulb enjoys having high max MP to accommodate his role in the party. He does suffer from having very low durability (max HP) so you will need to revive him if enemies decide to gang up on him in battle.

How to Get Fright Bulb as a Starter Monster

Fright Bulb is obtained as a starter monster upon beginning the main story. Use the answers below during Monty’s quiz to get Fright Bulb.

How to Get Fright Bulb via Breeding

Below are the required parents to get Fright Bulb via breeding (monster synthesis).

Fright Bulb Stats

Fright Bulb Skills

Fright Bulb Breeding Routes

Platypunk

Platypunk specializes in disrupting enemies with attacks that can immobilize targets or lower their accuracy and attack power for a specific number of turns. This grants Platypunk impressive utility in many tough encounters, especially in arena battles.

As with Fright Bulb, Platypunk is held back by its somewhat low HP, though having good defense more than makes up for it.

How to Get Platypunk as a Starter Monster

Platypunk is obtained as a starter monster upon beginning the main story. Use the answers below during Monty’s quiz to get Platypunk.

How to Get Platypunk via Breeding

Below are the required parents to get Platypunk via breeding (monster synthesis).

Platypunk Stats

Platypunk Skills

Platypunk Breeding Routes

Mud Mannequin

Mud Mannequin has access to a wide range of disruptive skills similar to Platypunk, though the former is more adept at shutting down foes by draining their MP. Unlike Platypunk, however, Mud Mannequin can also buff the defense of allies, greatly contributing to the team’s survivability in terms of tanking hits against hard-hitting enemies.

Mud Mannequin also boasts high max MP to be able to spam his skills more than Platypunk, though he falls behind in terms of defense.

How to Get Mud Mannequin as a Starter Monster

Mud Mannequin is obtained as a starter monster upon beginning the main story. Use the answers below during Monty’s quiz to get Mud Mannequin.

How to Get Mud Mannequin via Breeding

Below are the required parents to get Mud Mannequin via breeding (monster synthesis).

Mud Mannequin Stats

Mud Mannequin Skills

Mud Mannequin Breeding Routes

Cruelcumber

Cruelcumber’s arsenal of offensive skills that allow him to hit all enemies make him an ideal sweeper, especially during the game’s early stages. He is considered the best starter monster for going through the main story as you can easily build a team around him from the beginning of the game.

The most obvious downside to picking Cruelcumber is that he only has one support skill (though a very useful one), making him quite a one-dimensional party member, despite doing it very well.

How to Get Cruelcumber as a Starter Monster

Cruelcumber is obtained as a starter monster upon beginning the main story. Use the answers below during Monty’s quiz to get Cruelcumber.

How to Get Cruelcumber via Breeding

Below are the required parents to get Cruelcumber via breeding (monster synthesis).

Cruelcumber Stats

Cruelcumber Skills

Cruelcumber Breeding Routes

Best Starter Monster to Choose

Recommended Starting Monster: Cruelcumber

Cruelcumber is generally the best monster to get when starting the game for the first time. Cruelcumber’s arsenal of powerful multi-target attacks make it easy to clear out groups of enemies encountered while going through the early stages of the main story.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Best Starter Monster to Get

Cruelcumber can also be bred to produce arguably better offspring compared to the other starting monsters which further makes the Nature-type creature a good choice for beginners and veterans of the Dragon Quest Monsters series.

All starter monsters can be obtained later via scouting or synthesis.

Regardless of which starting monster you pick when speaking to Monty, you will be able to obtain the ones you did not get later in the game via scouting or monster synthesis. Because of this, feel free to pick any monster you like at the start of the main story.

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How to Redo Starter Quiz

Tell Monty “No” when he asks if you are satisfied with your starting monster.

If you make a mistake during the starter questions, just tell Monty “No” when he asks if you are okay with the starter he suggested. This allows you to go through the quiz again until you get the monster you like.

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